Jeanne remarks,
"You must see St. Giles,
it's like the Abbeys
in their prime."

Walking carefully over
the slick, grey cobblestone square
in the misty rain,
I remember the serenity of Dryburgh Abbey.

Stepping inside the great doors,
I am awe-struck!

St. Giles
         the auld High Kirk,
         mother church,
         glowing jewel set
         in the crown of Edinburgh.

Vibrant colors of stained-glass windows
astound.

Lack of grotesque gargoyles
is gratefully noted.

Such reverence those architects,
artisans felt for God!

Surrounded by such veneration,
I am a mote of dust.

Bettye Kramer Cannizzo
Decatur, AL